elves live in the land      
      beyond the great dam.       
  it was built  in  the late sixties.   
     the  elves came to us then.    
                      
                      
 they  were  very  manipulative,  and  we 
 came to trust  them.          us 
 kids would play  down at the water  even 
 though we were not allowed.        
     sometimes the sluice  would  close 
 entirely,  and  the river  at  the  dams 
 foot  would dry up, revealing  the rocky 
 water  garden   that  had  been   hidden 
 beneath, and we would go  there.     
        before the dam  opened again, 
 there would be a  signal,  but the elves 
 would make us not hear it, and  suddenly 
 we would find the water  rising, already 
 at our  knees.               
                      
  by  then the elves would  be  gone.